Freyja

What Freyja means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Freyja yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1994, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Freyja?

US: Rising: up from #1566 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #570 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 473 girls got the name (#627 that year). First in the US records in 1994.

How common

• About 1 in 4,566 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,282 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 942 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MT (2.48 per 1,000 girls), MN (0.98 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.77 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Freyja is #770 in the US and #381 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Freyja were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Freja37 US · 38 E&W
• Freija0 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Freya

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Freyja

Girls

• Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US
• Luna#27“the moon”^*
• Esme#298Diminutive of Esmeralda, meaning “emerald”^*
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*

For a brother

• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Matteo#146Italian, from Latin Matthaeus, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Nash#255Editor’s note Up from #345 in 2015 to #255 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Freyja’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.